Well-ventilator and anti-freezer for pumps



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No. 357,564. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

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FREDERICK ARNDT, OF PALMER, KANSAS.

WELL-VENTILATOR ND VANTI-FREEZER FOR PUMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,564, dated February 15, 1887. Application tiled November 11, 1886. Serial No. 118,576. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK ARNDT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Palmer, in the county of Washingtonand State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vcll-Venti lators and Anti-Freezers for Pumps, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements in well-ventilators and anti-freezers for pumps; and it consists in the detailed construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a transverse sectional view of my invention.- Fig. 2 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 1, and Fig. Sis a horizontal sectional view.

In cari-ying out my invention my object is to provide means for theesoape of foul or impure air generally prevailing in wells; and in accomplishing this object I also provide means for preventing the freezing in cold weather of the water contained in the pump, which is a desideratum in this class of inventions, the principal obj cction heretofore being the freezing of the water in cold weather or severe climates, thus preventing the use ofthe pump.

To accomplish the objects above outlined, I provide a box or casing, A, the lower portion of which is designed to be embedded in the earth a suitable distance-say six feet-around the inner surface of the wall of the well. The upper portions of the front piece, c, ofthis box or casing taper from the upper ends of the side pieces, and the rear wall, c', of the box or casing is likewise tapered a similar distance of its length, and this latter extends upwardly some distance inthe formation of a Hue, B, hereinafter referred to.

C is the pump, of any ordinary construction, which is designed to occupy a position at about the center of the box or casing, and is ofcourse provided with the usual pump-handle, valverod, and discharge-pipe.

To the upper beveled ends of the side pieces of the box or casing and the tapered sides of 5o the front and rear walls are secured perforated plates b b, which completely cover the space left between the sides of the pump and the box or casing. The upper end of the front wall has two inwardly-projecting flanges or shoulders, b', to which is secured a second small perforated plate, b2, the inner side of which bears against the outer front surface of the pump C.

The.hereinbefore-referred-to llue B consists of the rear wall, a', and two narrow side pieces, d d,- secured to the front of said wall near its sides; or said side pieces may be formed as part of said wall. The front surfaces of these side pieces bear against the rear of the pump C, and the line proper extends some distance above the upper portion of the pump, and is provided with a small front piece, d', resting at its lower end upon .the upper surface of the pump and extends to the top of the flue B'. Another small perforated plate, D, is secured upon the upper open end of the line.

From what has been said it will be seen that means are provided on all sides of the pump for the conduction and escape of the foul or impure air containel in the wellfand the natural warmth of said air will keep the pump at such a temperature as to prevent freezing of the water in severe weather or in cold climates, as aforesaid.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

The combination, with a pump, of the box or casing inclosing said pump, the perforated plates bearing against the front and sides thereof, land the flue located in rear of said pump and extending beyond its upper end, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK ARNDT. 

